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'''''Five Nights at Freddy's''''' is a 2023 American [[supernatural horror film]] based on the [[Five Nights at Freddy's|video game series and franchise of the same name]] created by [[Scott Cawthon]]. Directed by Emma Tammi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cawthon and Seth Cuddeback, from a story by Cawthon, Chris Lee Hill, and Tyler MacIntyre, the film stars [[Josh Hutcherson]] as a troubled security guard who accepts a night-time job at an abandoned [[family entertainment center]], where he discovers its four [[Animatronics|animatronic mascots]] come alive and are prone to murder. [[Elizabeth Lail]], Piper Rubio, [[Mary Stuart Masterson]], and [[Matthew Lillard]] appear in supporting roles.
'''''Five Nights at Freddy's''''' is a 2023 American [[supernatural horror film]] based on the [[Five Nights at Freddy's|video game series and franchise of the same name]] created by [[Scott Cawthon]]. Directed by Emma Tammi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cawthon and Seth Cuddeback, from a story by Cawthon, Chris Lee Hill, and Tyler MacIntyre, the film stars [[Josh Hutcherson]] as a troubled security guard who accepts a night-time job at an abandoned [[family entertainment center]], where he discovers its four [[Animatronics|animatronic mascots]] come alive and are inclined to commit murder. [[Elizabeth Lail]], Piper Rubio, [[Mary Stuart Masterson]], and [[Matthew Lillard]] appear in supporting roles.


Development of a ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' film adaptation began in April 2015, with the involvement of [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. [[Roy Lee]], David Katzenberg, and [[Seth Grahame-Smith]] were set to produce it, with [[Gil Kenan]] announced as director and co-writer. After [[Development hell|several production delays]], the Warner Bros. version was no longer moving forward and Kenan dropped out of the project. In March 2017, [[Jason Blum]]'s [[Blumhouse Productions]] was announced as the new production company, with [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]] set to direct and co-write. Columbus also ultimately left the project, and Emma Tammi was announced as his replacement in October 2022. The main cast was confirmed in December, while other cast additions were signed in March 2023. With a budget of $20 million, filming began in February 2023 in New Orleans and ended that April.
Development of a ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' film adaptation began in April 2015, with the involvement of [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. [[Roy Lee]], David Katzenberg, and [[Seth Grahame-Smith]] were set to produce it, with [[Gil Kenan]] announced as director and co-writer. After [[Development hell|several production delays]], the Warner Bros. version was no longer moving forward and Kenan dropped out of the project. In March 2017, [[Jason Blum]]'s [[Blumhouse Productions]] was announced as the new production company, with [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]] set to direct and co-write. Columbus also ultimately left the project, and Emma Tammi was announced as his replacement in October 2022. The main cast was confirmed in December, while other cast additions were signed in March 2023. With a budget of $20 million, filming began in February 2023 in New Orleans and ended that April.

Revision as of 11:34, 3 November 2023

Five Nights at Freddy's
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEmma Tammi
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Scott Cawthon
  • Chris Lee Hill
  • Tyler MacIntyre
Based onFive Nights at Freddy's
by Scott Cawthon
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLyn Moncrief
Edited by
  • Andrew Wesman
  • William Paley
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • October 25, 2023 (2023-10-25) (United Kingdom)
  • October 27, 2023 (2023-10-27) (United States)
Running time
109 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[2]
Box office$152 million[3][4]

Five Nights at Freddy's is a 2023 American supernatural horror film based on the video game series and franchise of the same name created by Scott Cawthon. Directed by Emma Tammi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cawthon and Seth Cuddeback, from a story by Cawthon, Chris Lee Hill, and Tyler MacIntyre, the film stars Josh Hutcherson as a troubled security guard who accepts a night-time job at an abandoned family entertainment center, where he discovers its four animatronic mascots come alive and are inclined to commit murder. Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Matthew Lillard appear in supporting roles.

Development of a Five Nights at Freddy's film adaptation began in April 2015, with the involvement of Warner Bros. Pictures. Roy Lee, David Katzenberg, and Seth Grahame-Smith were set to produce it, with Gil Kenan announced as director and co-writer. After several production delays, the Warner Bros. version was no longer moving forward and Kenan dropped out of the project. In March 2017, Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions was announced as the new production company, with Chris Columbus set to direct and co-write. Columbus also ultimately left the project, and Emma Tammi was announced as his replacement in October 2022. The main cast was confirmed in December, while other cast additions were signed in March 2023. With a budget of $20 million, filming began in February 2023 in New Orleans and ended that April.

Five Nights at Freddy's was released on Peacock on October 26, 2023, and was theatrically released in the United States the following day, by Universal Pictures. The film received negative reviews, with the plot, pacing, lack of scares, and perceived shoehorning in of fan-service receiving particular criticism. It has grossed $152 million worldwide.

Plot

In Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, a once-successful but now abandoned family entertainment center, a night security guard desperately attempts to flee but is captured and strapped to a torture device, which mutilates his face and kills him.

Sometime later, shopping mall security guard Mike Schmidt is fired after assaulting a negligent father whom he mistook for a kidnapper. Mike's career counselor, Steve Raglan, offers him a job as a night guard at the restaurant. Though initially reluctant, Mike accepts after social services threaten to take custody of his younger sister Abby and pass her over to their estranged aunt Jane, who desires the custody's monthly payments.

On the first night, Mike falls asleep and dreams about his brother Garrett’s kidnapping; he also sees five children who witnessed it but when Mike tries to approach them, they run away. On the second night, Mike has the same dream, but when he attempts to confront one of the children, he is attacked, causing him to awaken. Mike meets police officer Vanessa Shelly, who notices his wounds and applies bandages to them. Vanessa shows Mike around the restaurant and tells him that it closed during the 1980s after five children disappeared there.

Meanwhile, Jane hires a gang which includes Abby's babysitter Max to vandalize the restaurant in order to get Mike fired and hasten Jane's gaining custody of Abby. The gang breaks in once Mike leaves his shift, but the restaurant's animatronic mascots — Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Mr. Cupcake — come alive and slaughter the entire group. Max's disappearance forces Mike to bring Abby along to his next shift.

On the third night, the animatronics come alive and befriend Abby, but are hostile towards Mike. He discovers that the animatronics are possessed by the ghosts of the missing children, whose leader, a young blond boy, consistently mentions a "yellow rabbit". On the fourth night, Abby is accidentally injured when she, Mike, and Vanessa are bonding with the animatronics. Vanessa learns Mike is attempting to identify Garrett's kidnapper and warns him not to bring Abby to the restaurant again. Mike gets Jane to babysit Abby, much to her frustration, as he goes back to the restaurant during the day and overdoses on sleeping pills.

On the fifth night, the children appear in Mike's subsequent dream and tell him that he can stay with Garrett forever, in exchange for Abby. Mike initially accepts their proposal, but when he changes his mind, he is attacked and wakes up strapped to the torture device. He escapes the device by removing pins that his predecessor had loosened, but is severely wounded by Foxy. Meanwhile, a damaged yellow Freddy animatronic,[a] possessed by the blond boy, kills Jane and takes Abby back to the restaurant in a taxi.

Vanessa finds Mike and treats his injuries. After Mike explains his dream, Vanessa reveals that she is the daughter of William Afton, the serial killer who murdered Garrett and the five children by hiding their bodies in the animatronics and that their souls are under his control. Realizing that the animatronics plan to kill Abby, Mike rushes to the restaurant with the necessary equipment to disable them. Mike disables Freddy and Bonnie and stops Chica from kiling Abby but is attacked by Mr. Cupcake and separated from Abby, who is pursued by Foxy. The animatronics are eventually defeated, but they are reactivated by Steve, who arrives wearing the "yellow rabbit" suit"[b] as he reveals himself to be William before knocking Mike unconscious.

Abby draws a picture of William murdering the missing children in order to free the animatronics from his influence. Vanessa attempts to stop William from interfering with the plan, but he stabs her. Before William can kill Mike as well, Abby shows her drawing to the animatronics, and they turn on him. Mr. Cupcake bites off part of the suit, triggering its internal springlocks mechanisms which violently pierce William’s torso. As the animatronics drag him into a back room, Mike and Abby carry a wounded Vanessa out of the restaurant; she falls into a coma afterward and is taken to a hospital. Mike continues to look after Abby as they resume their normal lives.

Cast

  • Josh Hutcherson as Mike Schmidt, a new security guard at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza
    • Wyatt Parker as Young Mike
  • Piper Rubio as Abby, Mike's younger sister
  • Elizabeth Lail as Vanessa, a local police officer
    • Emma Jo Tassin as Young Vanessa
  • Mary Stuart Masterson as Aunt Jane, Mike and Abby's aunt
  • Matthew Lillard as Steve Raglan / William Afton, Mike's career counselor and co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment
  • Kat Conner Sterling as Max, Abby's babysitter
  • David Lind as Jeff, the leader of a juvenile gang and Max’s brother
  • Christian Stokes as Hank, a member of Jeff's gang
  • Joseph Poliquin as Carl, a member of Jeff's gang
  • Grant Feely as Ghost Kid (Blonde Boy), the murdered child whose soul haunts Golden Freddy
  • Asher Colton Spence as Ghost Kid (With Hook), the murdered child whose soul haunts Foxy
  • David Houston Doty as Ghost Kid (With Bunny Ears), the murdered child whose soul haunts Bonnie
  • Liam Hendrix as Ghost Kid (With Hat), the murdered child whose soul haunts Freddy Fazbear
  • Jophielle Love as Ghost Kid (Blue-Eyed Girl), the murdered child whose soul haunts Chica
  • Tadasay Young as Dr. Lillian
  • Michael P. Sullivan as Doug, Jane's lawyer
  • Lucas Grant as Garrett, Mike's younger brother who was abducted as a child
  • Theodus Crane as Jeremiah, Mike's previous co-worker
  • Matthew Patrick as Sparky's Diner waiter
  • Cory Williams as a cabbie

The suit performers include Kevin Foster as Freddy Fazbear,[6] the restaurant's namesake brown bear animatronic; Jade Kindar-Martin as Bonnie,[6] an indigo rabbit animatronic; and Jessica Weiss as Chica,[6] a yellow chicken animatronic. The scatted pirate song that Foxy, a red pirate fox animatronic, sings throughout the film is performed by Kellen Goff.[7]

Production

Development

In April 2015, Warner Bros. Pictures announced it had acquired the film rights to the Five Nights at Freddy's video game franchise with Roy Lee, David Katzenberg, and Seth Grahame-Smith set to produce the adaptation. Grahame-Smith stated that they would collaborate with franchise creator Scott Cawthon, who co-wrote the books in collaboration with ghostwriting firm Kevin Anderson and Associates,[8] "to make an insane, terrifying and weirdly adorable movie".[9] In July 2015, Gil Kenan signed to direct the film from a screenplay co-written with Tyler Burton Smith.[10]

In March 2017, Cawthon announced Blumhouse Productions as the film's new production company after Warner Bros. Pictures put the project in turnaround.[11] In May 2017, producer Jason Blum said he was excited and working closely with Cawthon on the film.[12] In June 2017, Kenan said he was no longer directing the film.[13]

In February 2018, Chris Columbus was announced as Kenan's replacement as director and writer, besides producing the film alongside Blum and Cawthon.[14] In August 2018, Cawthon revealed that the first draft of the film's script, which he wrote with co-author of the Five Nights at Freddy's novel trilogy, Kira Breed-Wrisley, was completed, and it would involve the events of the series' first game.[15] That same month, Blum wrote on Twitter that the film was aiming for a 2020 release.[16] In November, Cawthon announced that he scrapped the script, despite being liked by Columbus and Blum, as he "had a different idea for [the story], one that I liked better". It contributed to a further delay to the film, for which Cawthon took full responsibility.[17] In June 2020, during an interview with Fandom, Blum, when asked about the progress of the film, stated:

"It's super active, so I really feel like we have a very good shot at seeing a Five Nights at Freddy's movie...I feel like it's really moving forward; it's not stalled or anything else. It's moving forward rapidly. I don't want to put a timeline on it, but soon we'll get a movie. I feel really confident about that."[18]

In September 2021, Blum revealed that Columbus was no longer involved with the project, but it was still in active development.[19] In August 2022, Blum announced that Jim Henson's Creature Shop would be working on the animatronic characters for the film.[20] In October, Emma Tammi was announced as Columbus' replacement as director, in addition to co-writing the screenplay alongside Cawthon and Seth Cuddeback.[21]

Casting

In December 2022, Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard joined the cast in undisclosed roles.[22] Five Nights at Freddy's-related YouTuber Dawko later revealed during a livestream that Hutcherson would portray the first game's security guard Mike Schmidt and Lillard would portray the franchise's main villain William Afton. He also revealed that Mary Stuart Masterson and Piper Rubio joined the cast as Mike's aunt Jane, and Mike's younger sister Abby, respectively.[23] In March 2023, it was reported that Kat Conner Sterling and Elizabeth Lail were cast in the film.[24][25] Lucas Grant and Jessica Blackmore were also cast in undisclosed roles.[26]

Mark Fischbach, also known as Markiplier, was contacted to have a role in the film as the security guard that preceded Mike before being murdered at the opening of the film, but turned it down due to a conflicting schedule with his own film Iron Lung.[27][28]

Filming

Principal photography was initially set to begin in March 2021.[29] However, due to script issues, filming was delayed.[19] Filming began in New Orleans on February 1, 2023, under the working title Bad Cupcake, with an estimated production budget, before tax incentives, of $25 million.[30][31] The first scene shot of the film was a cameo by the YouTuber, MatPat.[31] Filming wrapped on April 3.[32][33] Lillard began filming his scenes in mid-February.[34]

Music

Main article: Five Nights at Freddy's (soundtrack)

The Newton Brothers composed the film's score,[35] while the fan-made song "Five Nights at Freddy's" by The Living Tombstone was used for the end credits.[36][37] "Talking in Your Sleep" by The Romantics is sung by the animatronics in the film.[37]

Release

Five Nights at Freddy's was released simultaneously in theaters and on Peacock in the United States by Universal Pictures on October 27, 2023.[38][39] It was released two days earlier on October 25, 2023 in the United Kingdom.[40]

Marketing

In October 2023, a pop-up location in Los Angeles, California was built at Sunset Boulevard. The location is described as being decorated similarly to the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza location as seen in the film.[41] A making-of book titled The Art and Making of Five Nights at Freddy's: The Movie is expected to release on August 20, 2024.[42] A film novelization of the movie will also release on December 26, 2023.[43]

Reception

Box office

As of November 1, 2023, Five Nights at Freddy's has grossed $92.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $59.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $152 million.[3][4]

In the United States and Canada, Five Nights at Freddy's was released alongside Freelance and After Death, and was initially projected to gross around $50 million from 3,550 theaters in its opening weekend.[2] After making $39.4 million on its first day (including $10.3 million from Thursday night previews, the biggest-ever for a film with a simultaneous streaming release), estimates were raised to $78 million. It ended up debuting to $80 million, topping the box office. The film had the second-best day and date opening weekend ever (behind Black Widow's $80.3 million in 2021), the best opening weekend for a horror film in 2023, Blumhouse's best opening, topping Halloween's $76.2 million, and the second highest opening for a video game film, behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie's $146.4 million the previous April.[44][45]

Critical response

The film received strongly negative reviews from critics.[46] The film's plot, pacing, lack of scares, and perceived shoehorning in of fan-service were widely panned.[47][48] Beyond this, many critics also argued that the limitations of a PG-13 rating diminished the film.[48]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 30% of 165 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Loaded with Easter eggs, Five Nights at Freddy's may be fun to watch for fans of the game, but most viewers of any other persuasion will find this adaptation muddled and decidedly unscary."[49] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 33 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[50]

Murtada Elfadl of Variety felt the animatronic characters were underutilized, with the film instead focusing on "a baffling plot and backstory for their protagonist". He also criticized a perceived lack of effective jump scares and concluded, "In trying to adapt the game for the screen, they forgot what makes the original special, wringing unintentional laughter from its bizarre story instead of entertaining audiences".[51] Dylan Roth of The New York Observer gave the film a score of one out of five and wrote, "There are jump scares, but no real thrills. There are jokes, but no genuine laughs".[52]

The Guardian's Benjamin Lee gave a two out of five rating, arguing "The low-stakes, late-night thrill we expect from the material never arrives, held back by a mixture of indecisive restraint and misplaced self-importance. Five Nights at Freddy's is somehow a slog to get through and will be promptly forgotten by morning".[53] The New York Times's Natalia Winkelmann expressed similar criticisms: "...[Although] Five Nights at Freddy's, based on a popular video game franchise, reaches for horror-comedy flair, this dreary, mild adaptation never achieves the hybrid pleasures of a movie like M3GAN. You may chuckle, but it’s hard to tell if the movie is laughing with you".[54] RogerEbert.com's Simon Abrams, giving a two out of four rating, was also negative: "Five Nights at Freddy’s has most of the right elements for a good post-Amblin kiddy fright-fest, except maybe good dialogue and distinct characters. Watching the movie, one gets the sense that the games’ morbid personality has been sanded down to its most generic jump-scares and banal revelations."[55]

Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting gave a score of three out of five and wrote, "It's the type of handsomely made, charming creature feature that'll play well at slumber parties or rowdy theaters full of obsessed fans, which is precisely its target audience. Five Nights at Freddy's won't scare the pants off of seasoned horror fans; the animatronic denizens of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria will likely make you want to hug them instead".[56] Total Film's Neil Smith scored the film a two out of five and ended his review, "With robot heads containing flesh-mangling chainsaws, faces resembling that of battle-scarred Terminators, and the lumbering gait of Romero zombies, Freddy Fazbear and his pals would seem precision-tooled for terror. Sadly, though, they are about as scary as Barney the purple dinosaur in what is ultimately a ploddingly predictable, gore-lite yawner".[40]

Mark Kennedy of the Associated Press stated: "Caught between PG and R, as well as lost at the crossroads of inadvertent comedy and horror, the PG-13 Five Nights at Freddy's has to go down as one of the poorest films in any genre this year".[57] Similarly, the Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips condemned "the film’s attempt to be a cuddly version of “Saw,” with faces getting sliced open by a robo-critter’s whirring saw blades", going on to say "To keep the PG-13 rating intact, the camera and editor cut away just before the splurch, nearly every time... The premise, meantime, of Five Nights at Freddy’s... very likely would’ve made more sense as a straight-up R-rated splatterfest."[58]

Charlotte Colombo of The Digital Fix scored Five Nights at Freddy's three out of five echoing other critics' views on a slow start but with some fun for fans, "With the exception of a frightful opening sequence, there's a bit of a build-up to us finally getting to meet the animatronics — arguably, it takes a little too long — but once you're in the thick of the action, there's plenty of it to enjoy."[59]

Audience response

Despite the film being panned by critics, audience reception to the film was more favorable.[60]

Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled at PostTrak gave it a 77% overall positive score.[44] According to Screen Rant, the strong positive audience reaction is reflected in the film's $78 million opening,[44] opining that it would fare better in the box office compared to The Exorcist: Believer, another recently panned horror film, and that it could "avoid the typically severe second week drop experienced by horror releases".[61]

Future

In August 2018, Cawthon said that if the first film were to be successful, there could be a second and third film, following the events of the second and third games, respectively.[15] In January 2023, in an interview on the podcast WeeklyMTG, Lillard revealed he signed a three-picture deal with the studios.[39]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Identified off-screen as Golden Freddy
  2. ^ Identified off-screen as Spring Bonnie [5]

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